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1 Alice Stone Blackwell, Objections Answered 1 (1910)

handle is hein.peggy/objeansw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Why Should Women Vote ? T HE . reasons why women should vote are the same as the reasons why men should vote-the same as the reasons for having a republic rather than a monarchy. It is fair and right that the people who must obey the laws should have a voice in choosing the law- makers, and that those who must pay the taxes should have a voice as to the amount of the tax, and the way in which the money shall. be spent. Roughly stated, the fundamental principle of a republic is this: in deciding what is to be done, where everybody's interests are con- cerned, we take everybody's opinion, and 'ben go according to the wish of the majority. As we. cannot suit everybody, we do what will suit the greatest number. That seems to be, on the whole, the fairest way. A vote is simply a written expression of opinion. In thus taking a vote to get at the wish of thb majority, certain classes of persons are passed over, whose opinions for one reason or another are thought not to be worth count- ing. In most of our states, these classes are children, aliens, idiots, lunatics, criminals and women. There are good and obvious reasons for making all these exceptions but the last. Of course no account ought to be taken of the opinions of children, insane persons, or crim- Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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